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Intelligence service collects air traveller data

This content was published on Feb 1, 2015 The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service is collecting personal data from airline passengers coming to Switzerland from so-called “risk countries” , to check for terror threats, the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper has revealed.

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Eight die in avalanches

This content was published on Feb 1, 2015 Police say eight people have died in avalanches in the Swiss Alps, despite warnings that it is dangerous to ski off piste.

Planting the seed of green walls in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 1, 2015

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Ex-Swiss Guard head defends leadership style

This content was published on Jan 31, 2015 The head of the Papal Swiss Guard, who officially stepped down from his position on Saturday, has countered media reports that he was too harsh on his troops.

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Who were Switzerland’s ‘slave children’?

This content was published on Jan 31, 2015 Clare O’Dea speaks to victims of historic abuse and neglect in Switzerland’s inadequate care system of the 1920s to 1970s and takes a closer look at the social and economic pressures at play. After years of campaigning by survivors, Swiss society now recognises that children in the past care system were badly let down. The Swiss government has…

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Wearables: Swiss lose patience over lack of data security

This content was published on Jan 30, 2015 “Switzerland can of course improve its data protection laws, that’s needed but it’s not enough if Switzerland does this on its own – we need the same movement in the wider European context,” said Hanspeter Thür told swissinfo.ch. He sees an opportunity to make companies comply with tighter regulations on privacy at the point where…

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Swiss join EU in fight against Islamist radicalisation

This content was published on Jan 30, 2015 Sommaruga called for the authorities to monitor not only so-called foreign fighters but also people who are radicalised without travelling into conflict zones. The meeting in Latvia, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, aimed to identify jihadists at an earlier stage. Moreover, radicalisation online should be fought by making network providers responsible for removing extremist…

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People’s Party ad leads to legal action on EU quotas vote

This content was published on Jan 30, 2015 An advertisement used during the campaign for a quota on EU immigrants last year has prompted legal action calling for the vote to be nullified and two Swiss People’s Party members being charged with racial discrimination.

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Making the grand jeté from ballet backwater to boom

This content was published on Jan 30, 2015 The Prix de Lausanne international ballet competition can make careers. But it takes place in a country without a strong dance tradition. The Zurich Dance Academy is one of two Swiss state-funded schools trying to turn that around.

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A day at dance school

This content was published on Jan 30, 2015

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